1856 in architecture

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The year 1856 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Buildings and structures

{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1856}}

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File:EsztergomBasilica-South.jpg, Hungary]]

File:Victoria Parliament House Melbourne.jpg, Australia]]

  • February – State Library of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, designed by Joseph Reed{{cite web|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/tulk-augustus-henry-4756|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|access-date=2015-03-03|title=Tulk, Augustus Henry (1810–1873)|first=C. A.|last=McCallum|year=1976}}
  • May 15Rumeli Feneri, Istanbul, Turkey{{cite web|url=http://www.rumelifeneri.com/Forum.asp?forum=oku&msgid=854|publisher=Rumelifeneri|title=Rumelifeneri|language=Turkish|access-date=2010-06-06|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715212809/https://www.rumelifeneri.com/Forum.asp?forum=oku&msgid=854|archive-date=2011-07-15}}
  • August 31 – The Esztergom Basilica in Hungary, designed by Pál Kühnel and József Hild (consecrated)
  • October 4Lindau Lighthouse, Bavaria
  • November 1Stamford Water Street railway station in Lincolnshire, England, designed by William Hurst{{cite book|first=Gordon |last=Biddle|title=Britain's Historic Railway Buildings: an Oxford Gazetteer of Structures and Sites|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2003|isbn=0-19-866247-5}}

=Buildings completed=

Events

Awards

Births

Deaths

File:Robert Reid by Hill & Adamson, 1847.jpg]]

  • March 20Robert Reid, King's architect and surveyor for Scotland from 1827 to 1839 (born 1774){{cite web|url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=201279|title=Robert Reid|work=Dictionary of Scottish Architects|access-date=2015-03-03}}
  • March 27David Laing, British architect (born 1774){{cite book|authorlink=Howard Colvin|last=Colvin|first=H. M.|year=1997|title=A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840|isbn=0-300-07207-4}}

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